Quality Assurance Engineer

MISSION

The Quality Assurance Engineer ensures the reliability and stability of a real-time trading platform by designing and implementing effective test strategies. As part of the QA team, they are responsible for validating all releases before production deployment and for selecting or developing the most appropriate tools to guarantee comprehensive test coverage in a fast-evolving environment.

MAIN ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Test strategy/plan: Participate in the definition of the testing strategy of the application. Propose changes to existing test plans to improve test coverage and the quality of the team's delivery.
• Tooling: review and propose new approaches and tooling. Focus/obsess on increasing the test automation coverage. Currently using a Selenium-based solution.
• Testing execution: Participate in the testing effort before each release to production and sign off on releases.
• Lead/mentor younger/less experienced members of the team.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience testing applications with complex logic. Business-critical, real-time finance applications experience is a plus.
  
• Experience using test automation frameworks. Selenimum/Cucumber experience is a plus.
• Experience testing web/browser-based solutions.
• Experience working in international, geographically distributed teams.

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Good communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
• Familiarity with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Proven ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Comfortable mentoring less experienced team members.
• Proficient in English (written and spoken).
• EU citizen or holder of a valid work permit in Spain